the days have elongated
beneath their own weight
stretched to unnatural lengths
twenty
per two to three
oh
my love
I would cradle you
through any number
and when my heart
escaped
again
through my teeth
enveloped in those
four letters you find
so perplexing
you looked to me
and asked
(unbelieving)
still?
oh
my love
still
oh
my love
always
oh
my love
more and more
each moment
the way the witchlight
fills my eyes
when you do
the way my breath
catches
at your touch
the way the world holds
nothing as beautiful
as your smile
as the sound
of your laughter
the way I thrill
at knowing you
(at learning you)
still
always
more